Hakea florulenta Meisn.

Taxon Identity

Hakea florulenta Meisn. is an erect shrub or small tree that typically grows 1.5 to 2 meters tall.

Growth Structure

This species forms a lignotuber, and its young shoots sometimes have a covering of silky hairs.

Leaf Characteristics

Its leaves are narrowly elliptic to lance-shaped, occasionally obovate, measuring 50 to 150 millimeters long and 10 to 35 millimeters wide, and are borne on a 2 to 5 millimeter long petiole.

Inflorescence Arrangement

Flowers are arranged in umbels, with up to four umbels growing in leaf axils per branch. Each umbel holds 14 to 20 individual flowers, borne on a 3 to 4 millimeter long peduncle.

Flower Pedicel

Each individual flower sits on a 4.0 to 7.5 millimeter long pedicel.

Flower Morphology

The flowers themselves are white, glabrous, and 5 to 8 millimeters long, with a pistil measuring 7 to 10 millimeters long.

Flowering Period

Flowering takes place from September to December.

Fruit Characteristics

The fruit is obliquely elliptic, 20 to 25 millimeters long and 6 to 12 millimeters wide, with a surface marked by blackish blister-like protuberances.

Distribution Range

This species grows in coastal regions of south-eastern Queensland and northern New South Wales, ranging from Bundaberg in the south to Grafton.

Habitat Vegetation

It occurs in open forest, often growing alongside Melaleuca.

Habitat Substrate

It is found on sand or sandstone, and sometimes grows in poorly drained areas.